You can group (or "break") the Results on the Summary (fka Takeoff) Tab by Areas, Zones, Type, and Pages. Simply right-click anywhere within the Summary Tab's grid and select/deselect the various grouping options.
When grouping, the group order is Pages, Type, Zones, then Areas. When the Summary Tab is grouped, the Groupings are always sorted alpha-numerically, ascending. If you change the sort order of a column (like Name for example) only the rows within each Grouping are sorted, the Groupings themselves remain ascending, alphabetical order, with one exception: Area groupings mimic the layout of the Bid Areas dialog box.
To sort the Summary Tab,
- Click on the desired column header (i.e. No., Name, Height), an arrow appears next to the group title - a down arrow indicates descending order, and an up arrow, ascending
- Select the header of the column to drag the column to the desired location on the screen
- Click and hold on either side of the column header to bring up the Resizing icon
and drag the edge of the column to the left or right to adjust the column width
Experiment with the different grouping and view options.
If you group the Summary Tab by more than one selection, the screen can get a bit unwieldy. The example below shows how a Bid with only a few Areas(3), Conditions(4), and Pages(3) can become hard to read when multiple "Group bys" are selected (this example is grouped by Page, Area, and Type).
By all means, use the groupings you need, but you can "slice and dice" your takeoff results to the point that they are so granular, they won’t make much sense.
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